Two weeks after the world’s renowned British royal wedding, king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck has finally revealed his intention to marry a commoner Jetsun Pema in an address at the opening of parliament, officials said.
- The King with Pema, the future queen/The Hindu
“The king presided over the opening of parliament this morning and during the ceremony he announced that he would be getting married in October,” a secretary from the ministry of information, Kinley Dorji, told AFP.
“There will be a celebration, but His Majesty has requested that the government not make big plans and big celebrations,” Dorji Wangchuk from the royal press office, told AFP by telephone from the capital Thimphu.
“It is because of the lack of resources (in Bhutan), and secondly to make the celebrations more intimate and personal,” he added.
Not much information has been released about Pema but it is reported that she is a college student. Interestingly, the former king of Bhutan has four wives.
As per the information revealed by the King, 21-year-old Pema is a student at the London’s Regents College and has been seen in most instances, media reports said.
wow! congratulation brother. very beautiful women.
Press Release
In order to draw the attentions of the ongoing national assembly towards the people’s aspiration and to warn the stakeholders, responsible for the suffering of the innocent Bhutanese people in general, the United Revolutionary Front of Bhutan (URFB) have detonated two (I E D) explosives at followings places: (1) Gaylephug cinema hall and (2) Phuentsholing Market. URFB sincerely claims these incidents that took place on dated 22 May 2011 between 9.15 P.M to 7.30 P.M.
Under the ploy of the so called democratization, the regime still function with iron rule and people are being suppressed, oppressed and discriminated in Bhutan.
URFB shall continue its subversive activities till the regime exercise its autocratic power and present itself in more aggressive manner in coming days ahead.
Karma
Commander-in-Chief
Dear Editor,
I am an inhabitant of greater Jaigaon,an adjoining part of Bhutan. I am very much interested to know the news about the forth coming royal weeding at Bhutan, and significantly it would have been a land mark in the rest of the world to evidence the new king’s view as a human more than a king where he alsways showing his humbleness and attachment by all of his Royal deeds. So Long live His Majesty with all sorts of blessing and gifts from the almighty.